@gfc-forest.bsky.social
GFC is an international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations defending social justice and the rights of forest peoples in forest policies from a feminist perspective. Since 2000.
@gfc-forest.bsky.socialWho benefits from carbon removal & who pays the price? A new @newslaundry.com investigation examines biochar projects in Gujarat’s Banni grasslands, raising questions about community impacts, water use and ecosystem restoration. Research supported by GFC
@gfc-forest.bsky.socialCan a carbon credit make an industrial eucalyptus plantation a climate solution?
An investigation into Aperam lifts the curtain on “green steel” & carbon-removal claims: land dispossession, water depletion, Cerrado destruction, and impacts on communities.
https://bit.ly/aperamBrazil
@gfc-forest.bsky.socialDry Streams in an Ocean of Eucalyptus: new report calls for Aperam expansion to be halted - https://globalforestcoalition.org/dry-streams-in-an-ocean-of-eucalyptus-new-report-calls-for-aperam-expansion-to-be-halted/
@gfc-forest.bsky.social🌳 What makes a climate solution genuinely “real” and gender-just? GFC members & allies are building a new map of community-led initiatives across the Global South, documenting what helps them flourish, and the barriers they face. 🗺️ Check it out at
@gfc-forest.bsky.social🌏 Following devastating floods in Nepal & Tibet, GFC stands with affected communities & calls 4 urgent humanitarian support. Recovery must also address the climate crisis and rethink extractive, high-risk development in fragile Himalayan ecosystems.
@gfc-forest.bsky.socialUganda’s Trees for Global Benefits carbon project is under scrutiny again. Farmers report problems with payments, contracts and food production. GFC documented similar concerns in 2022. Four years on, what has changed?
